I recently came across an interesting article on CNN with some surprising stats. In Tax cheats: Single, young and male, an annual survey conducted by DDB Worldwide Communications Group found that the typical American tax cheat is male, single and under the age of 45. According to the survey:

15% of Americans surveyed fessed up to fudging their tax returns
64% of those people were men, according to the survey of consumer attitudes and behavior.
35%
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Tax day is fast approaching and if you are still getting your 2010 tax return in order, you don’t want to miss tomorrow’s Big Biz Show at 1:10pm PST on the top tax tips for your 2010 return.
To continue my weekly appearance on the Big Biz Show to share tax help tips with consumers, I will go over some important things you don’t want to leave out of your 2010
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We are getting closer to tax day with 20-something days on the countdown till April 18th. Have you gotten your ducks in a row yet?
Last week I sat down with Russ & Sully from the Big Biz Show to share the top four tax help tips for 2011. If you happened to miss the show, here’s the scoop:
Tax Help Tip #1: Severance & Unemployment are Taxable. Many people don’t realize
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As the Tax Day Countdown series continues on the Big Biz Show, don’t miss tomorrow’s segment on the 7 Things small business owners should know about payroll tax problems! It will air at 1:10pm PST.
As the tax day quickly approaches, are you prepared as a small business owner to own your tax returns? Are there things about payroll taxes that you may not know about? Oftentimes, what you don’t
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While many business owners are struggling in the current economic climate, I want to emphasize that in addition to abnormal tax deductions, there are a number of other things that can trigger IRS audits, penalties, and potential jail time.
CBS Interactive Business Network BNET recently published an article, “How to Stay Out of Tax Hell” in which I shared important tax help advice for business owners, including how failure to pay
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As I continue my weekly appearances on the Big Biz Show for the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown, I sat down last week for a chat about the latest IRS announcement to offer tax relief for struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process.
We’ve heard this before: the IRS is kinder and gentler by promising to speed up tax relief for homeowners who are looking to refinance (2008) and
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Recently the IRS announced its new efforts to help struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process that are meant to give people “a break.”
But what does that really mean? Are consumers really going to have an easier time financially now that the IRS adjusted their lien process? You may be asking yourself: wait, aren’t the IRS supposed to be going after my money and not helping me? Is
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While many consumers are still struggling to make ends meet in this current economy, the IRS recently announced changes to the lien process that is meant to give consumers “a break.”
According to the IRS press release, the lien process is going to undergo some changes, including:

Significantly increasing the dollar threshold when liens are generally issued, resulting in fewer tax liens.
Making it easier for taxpayers to obtain lien withdrawals after paying
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Last week I appeared on the Big Biz Show to continue my Tax Day Countdown advice. This time, we focused on top tax help tips for the self-employed.
Filing tax returns for the self-employed can get complicated. Independent contractors and small business owners must be extra careful about claiming deductions on their tax returns to avoid IRS problems. Oftentimes, claiming too many deductions will raise the IRS red flag for an
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With Tax Day quickly approaching, struggling consumers who can’t pay their IRS bills come April 18th will need to know their rights and how to get effective tax help. I will be returning as a weekly guest on the nationally syndicated radio/TV program The Big Biz Show to help educate consumers on tax problem resolution strategies that will help the public resolve their IRS difficulties.
As you may already have read
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I was recently interviewed by BusinessNewsDaily for their CEO Roundtable “How Do You Innovate?” and I enjoyed sharing my thoughts on how innovation plays a part in my business.
Small businesses rely on innovation – and by “innovation” it doesn’t necessarily mean technology. Whether in your office, on your laptop or Blackberry, or your day-to-day management, innovation is the wheel that drives a business forward. However, how this translates into the daily issues facing
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Just wanted to let you know there’s been a time change for my appearance today on the Big Biz Show .�
Tune in today at 12:40 pm PST for tax help tips for the self employed.  There are some important changes to the 2010 tax returns for self-employed taxpayers so if you have your own business or you are an independent contractor, you definitely don’t want to miss out on this show.
For
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Tax season is here full-throttle and you know what that means? The IRS is geared up and ready with its record-high budget to come after taxpayers like you.
Tune in tomorrow, [NOTE updated time] February 23rd at 12:40pm PST to the Big Biz Show when I will be continuing my Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown series to share some expert tax tips on how to avoid IRS problems if you’re an
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Earlier this week, I kicked off the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown with Russ and Sully on the Big Biz Show by talking about celebrity tax woes and what we can learn from them.
Unlike what the tabloids may suggest, celebrities don’t get better or worse treatment from the IRS than regular Joe Six-Packs. But what IS different is that the IRS leverages the celebrity of the name as a deterrent
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President Obama has decided to give the IRS an extra $1.1 billion in the 2012 budget to create an additional 5,000 jobs for the IRS to go after tax delinquents.
According to a recent Bloomberg article, this increase in the budget to $13.3 billion will allow the IRS to focus on fighting tax evasion and to seek out fraudulent tax preparers.
Furthermore, almost half of the increase ($460 million) would support the
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